Radio cabinet and tuning dial structure



June 6, 195o Q Rgm 2,510,757

RADIO CABINET AND TUNING DIAL STRUCTURE Filed June 30, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 f n l y? H June 6, 19,50 J, D, REID 2,510,757

RADIO CABINET AND TUNING DIAL sTRUcTuRE Filed June so, 1949 2 sheets-sheet 2 IIIIII Patented June 6, 1950 RADIO CABINET AND TUNING DIAL STRUCTURE John Drysdale Reid, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to Avco Manufacturing Corporation, Cinemnati, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Application June 30, 1949, Serial No. 102,250

i claim.

The present invention relates to radio receivers and particularly to a novel tuning dial and indicator construction.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a compact table model radio receiver construction of such a nature that the receiver can be tuned at points on at least two sides of the cabinet. The conventional table model receivers can be tuned only from thetop or the front, for example, and may not be conveniently tuned from several positions.

Another object of the invention is to accomplish such result by simple and economically constructed means which at the same time enhance the novel and aesthetic appearance of the receiver. l

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved compact radio receiver having relatively large tuning and volume controls, available for more than one panel of the receiver cabinet.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide an improved compact radio receiver construction which provides a relatively large tuning dial or control for the radio receiver.

The construction in accordance with the invention is particularly advantageous when a receiverris positioned on a table between two beds, for example, or on an end table between two chairs. This construction also offers the aclvantage of a large tuning dial which does not impair the appearance of the receiver but in fact imparts to it a striking and appealing novelty.l

In accordance with the present invention there is provided a radio receiver comprising a cabinet having openings at the front and back, a rotatable control element for said receiver mounted with its axis midway between the front and back of said cabinet, a control wheel and dial connected to said control element,v said wheel and dial projecting through said openings in said cabinet whereby said control element may be adjusted from the front and back of said cabinet selectively or simultaneously.

Other and further objects of the present invention subsequently will become apparent by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein;

Figure 1 is a front view of a radio receiver constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is the top view showing in dotted lines, certain receiver components in a receiver of the type shown in Figure 1;

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Figure 8 is an end view of the receiver illus-` trated in Figures 5, 6 and 7.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing, it will be seen that there is illustrated a radio cabinet I I having two wheel-like members I2 and I3 projecting through suitable apertures therein. -The wheel-like member I2 serves to control the off and on switch and the volume control.v 'Ihe other wheel-like member I3 preferably is provided with suitable indicia to serve as a tuning control knob and tuning control dial. The cabinet II may be made of any suitable material but perhaps in accordance with present custom the cabinet would be formed of a plastic material. Thus, the two ends and top of the cabinet would be formed in one piece I4. The top I5 would be provided with two apertures for Athe wheels I2 and I3 and would be secured to the member I4. Likewise, the rear oi the cabinet, I6 would have a configuration similar to the front I5 and also would be provided with suitable apertures for permitting the wheels I2 and I3 to project therethrough.

From Figure 2 it will be noted that the tuning control and dial I3 is connected to a suitable tuning control element such as a variable capacitor I l. The control I2 is connected to a com-- bined volume control and switch I 8.

The control Wheels and dials I2 and I3 may be actuated from the top, iront, rear or ends of the cabinet. It will be remembered that the cabinet I I is relatively small since the radio is of the personal compact or portable type. Hence the wheels I2 and I3 are each of such diameter that the hand can span the wheel I2 so as to contact it at two or three points. Such control of either of the control elements I2 or I3 provides for re1- atively accurate and fine control. This obviates the objection heretofore encountered in small compact receivers where it is necessary to manipulate relatively small knobs which could be grasped only between two fingers. While reduction gear devices have been employed for the tuning controls of some of the compact receivers,

'viewed tromfapiurality vo'f clear Vp nevertheless this reduction either was not sumcient or the expense involved in providing a reduction gear arrangement was such, that certain inaccuracies were inherent in the resultant pattern so that accurate tuning was substantially impossible. The inherent backlash or lost motion is ptiulaily annoying vvl'ienf it -iis' 'i'menvl bered that the signal energy vreceived' by areceiver of this kind is usually relatively small, due to the small self-contained loop antenna prfJ vided. Thus, in order to obtain receptienof any=- thing other than a relatively powerfulA station, the more common type of constructions have been decidedly lacking in providing easnablyigol tuning controls. y

While the construction illustrated Figures to 4 shows a receiver having Aa cabinet with lits greatest dimension in a horizontal direction, the same principles of the present invention be applied to a radio receiver having its greatest dl'iffisin itin Vertical iie'ctdn. This "i" Til-itistrated in the embcdinre'ntsnovvn Figure 5 s these figures er tnenravrmgs, it will be seen that there been afoirfeftfrlr having-- 'a front 'panel 2.2!', preciese-With qi'fv jlflepiped comprising a front panel, a rear panel,

asuma-cle 'aperture through Y caser a tep-gpanel-anda pair of side panels, said cabi- 1being formed with a rst set of three oblong openings individually located in the front, top, 'anti baalt iiiiils ih'proximity to one of said end paie's, 'a'i `a set of oblong openings in "thfroit, t'p' and back panels and near to the ther'fndpanlfalll of the openings of said rst set having their major axes in a common vertical plarein'proximity tothe first side panel, all of the openings of the second set having their mensaxes-lala comme" vertical prxoi thrf'eifid a rotatable control element for said receiver uliftel its 'semmai :aan ecu-instant m "mstset 'rs1 'to said :freni K Y l l'. ii rroiwe-"eeeing ftne'nor- Iii-a1graspingfspaworijne'adpit'' ngen AJenni DRYsDnLE- REID.

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